Men’s health across the life course: A gender relational (critical) overview

Abstract

consider the possibility that ill-health processes in males and females are intrinsically interwoven, such that the development of relationships reflects limitations and opportunities for both. Our analysis provides greater insights into explanations for gendered patterning in morbidity and mortality as well as how a gender order instigates social vulnerabilities and inequalities in health.

Masculine norms and mental health of African men: what can psychology do?

“…Consistent with this proverb is the reports about the likelihood that at every first year of life males are more likely to die than their female counterparts ( Etienne, 2019 ; Williams, 2003 ). One of the reasons for this disparity is the mental health behaviours of men which have been a subject of debate in well-being research ( Marcos-Marcos et al., 2019 ; Olanrewaju et al., 2019 ). Men are known to frequently negotiate social status and power with their health behaviours which in turn have dual effects ( Courtenay, 2010 ; Leeds, 2009 ).…”

Positive Masculinities and Gender-Based Violence Educational Interventions Among Young People: A Systematic Review

“…From a public health perspective, the programs aimed at young men have been primarily focused on the consequences of risky lifestyles (such as drug consumption, risky sexual behaviors, or reckless driving). The risk-based approach has often associated behavior patterns with aspects of self-control and personal responsibility (Marcos-Marcos et al, 2019). A reductionist focus has helped to minimize the effect of sociocultural and political structures on men.…”

‘It is men who die and all that, so what is new?’ Male vulnerability, institutionalised masculinity and the present absence of a problem in Swedish rescue service accident prevention

“…(2019) stress that this is an area of research that demonstrates that we need to seriously address the 'dominant construction of masculinity as a promoter of unhealthy practices, characterized by an assessment of attitudes of resistance, aggressiveness, risk adoption or 'emotional illiteracy' ' (Marcos-Marcos et al, 2019). The dynamics of the construction of masculinity is important to take into account if one is to make sense of the social processes and the 'sociological autopsy' of men's death in accidents and suicide (Rasmussen et al, 2018).…”

“…In collisions between trains and people, men are about two or three times more likely to be the victim than women (Rådbo & Andersson, 2012). These figures are not unique, but rather reflect more general tendencies regarding men's vulnerability (Barnes et al, 2012;Marcos-Marcos, Mateos, Gasch-Gallén, & Álvarez-Dardet, 2019;Möller-Leimkühler, 2003;Phillips, 2006). These are all known and familiar facts, not least to those who work with accident prevention.…”